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Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory: with Interesting Biographical Sketches Vol. 1 Part II (Pages 145-319, i-vi)

OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY. 145
MRS, JACK MCCURTAIN,
[CHOCTAW.]
As A model of her sex, Mi’s.
McCurtaill raliks quite as high as
hei illustrious husband. She was
born in August, 1842, atDoaks-vile,
Choctaw Nation, the eldest
daughter of Louis Austill, a full-
MRS. JACK M’CURTAJN.
blood, Choctaw ot extraordinary
mechanical genius, who, without
any education, e~ ected thrashing
machines, mills, gins, wagons,
etc., all of which he utilized,
when his home was far away
from the borders of civilization.
Austin also built a small tannery,
made leather, and during leisure
hours manufactured shoes for the
members or his family. No Ill-dian
has before or since develop-ed
mechanical ge~uis to such an
exteilt. Mrs. MeCurtain’s motliei
was a IMiss Mollie Webster, one-quarter
white, but lacking in edu-cation.
Yet these good parents
furnished their children with edu-catiolls
to fit them for any calling
in life. The subje t of this sketch
weift to school for eight years.
She spent five years at Wheelock
National Academy aild three at
Edgeworth’s Seminary, Pitts-burgh,
Pennsylvania, where she
graduated. In 1861 she return-ed
to Doaksville and soon enter-ed
npon the career of a teacliei,
in which she was eminently suc-cessful.
Sonic of the prominent
young law-makers of to-day re-member
with pleasure their early
instructioi~s at Miss Austin’s
school. In 18~ this lady mar-ried
Hon. Jack McCuxtaiii, the
issue of their marriage beingfive
children, whose names will be
found in the life sketch of their
illustrious father. Upoll the
death of the great chief his wife
had a spleildid monument erect-ed
to his memory, which cost
overfour hundred dollars. Mrs.
McCurtain is a lady of the intel
lectiial type, refined and of deli-cate
sensibilities. She is gentle.
tender-hearted and charitable.

OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY. 145
MRS, JACK MCCURTAIN,
[CHOCTAW.]
As A model of her sex, Mi’s.
McCurtaill raliks quite as high as
hei illustrious husband. She was
born in August, 1842, atDoaks-vile,
Choctaw Nation, the eldest
daughter of Louis Austill, a full-
MRS. JACK M’CURTAJN.
blood, Choctaw ot extraordinary
mechanical genius, who, without
any education, e~ ected thrashing
machines, mills, gins, wagons,
etc., all of which he utilized,
when his home was far away
from the borders of civilization.
Austin also built a small tannery,
made leather, and during leisure
hours manufactured shoes for the
members or his family. No Ill-dian
has before or since develop-ed
mechanical ge~uis to such an
exteilt. Mrs. MeCurtain’s motliei
was a IMiss Mollie Webster, one-quarter
white, but lacking in edu-cation.
Yet these good parents
furnished their children with edu-catiolls
to fit them for any calling
in life. The subje t of this sketch
weift to school for eight years.
She spent five years at Wheelock
National Academy aild three at
Edgeworth’s Seminary, Pitts-burgh,
Pennsylvania, where she
graduated. In 1861 she return-ed
to Doaksville and soon enter-ed
npon the career of a teacliei,
in which she was eminently suc-cessful.
Sonic of the prominent
young law-makers of to-day re-member
with pleasure their early
instructioi~s at Miss Austin’s
school. In 18~ this lady mar-ried
Hon. Jack McCuxtaiii, the
issue of their marriage beingfive
children, whose names will be
found in the life sketch of their
illustrious father. Upoll the
death of the great chief his wife
had a spleildid monument erect-ed
to his memory, which cost
overfour hundred dollars. Mrs.
McCurtain is a lady of the intel
lectiial type, refined and of deli-cate
sensibilities. She is gentle.
tender-hearted and charitable.